Finally getting around to it as money was really tight. Awhile back the ice maker and water faucet or whatever you want to cal it stopped working. I've looked around and see millions of conflicting responses. Anyone with suggestions? Pm if needed
Anyone know much about refrigerator repair?
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When we bought our house the ice maker didn’t work and a plumber was able to fix it pretty easily.
Buy some ice trays. Just walk over to the faucet for your other problem
True. Just water tastes better with it filtered and if it was a cheap fix, why not?
It was 9 years ago but yea it was some sort of connection issue and the plumber figured it out and fixed it - but ya the previous owners bought bags of ice and put in the ice tray so the home inspection didn’t catch it
Broken ice maker is the number cause of garage beer refrigerators.
A couple years ago my ice maker quit working. I tested my water line going into the back of the freezer section and it worked just fine. From time to time I could hear the solenoid valve activate so I assumed the line was frozen inside the freezer. Moved the food to the outside freezer, and used a hair dryer to thaw out the line.
Totally not being a smart a** here. Try google/YouTube. May find some good things to check. Side note, I hope it’s not a Frigidaire. We had one years ago that I was constantly fixing due to awful design.
Just Water has a $10,000 system that will help with water filtration.
Yeah, that solenoid gives trouble and they are cheap enough($30) on amazon.
If it’s the ice maker itself, and I just happened upon this, Lowes has 2-3 different kits for adding an ice maker to nonfactory installed ice maker refrigerator.
Like for the classic freezer on top, fridge on bottom style.
Most brands have the same ice maker across different models.
If I looked up one for my specific model, it was $150-200 and I would have to wait for it to be shipped. The generic Frigidaire kit at Lowe’s was $50.(This was two years ago)
When bundled as a kit, it included the tap, line, single solenoid(not the double for in door water), and ice maker. Just throw all the extras away.
The ice maker in the kit was the same as was in my sidebyside.
You can replace everything without diagnosing anything for under $100.
I’ve replaced the valve twice and the ice maker once on a 2007 that’s now in the garage.
If it’s the ice maker itself, and I just happened upon this, Lowes has 2-3 different kits for adding an ice maker to nonfactory installed ice maker refrigerator.
Like for the classic freezer on top, fridge on bottom style.
Most brands have the same ice maker across different models.
If I looked up one for my specific model, it was $150-200 and I would have to wait for it to be shipped. The generic Frigidaire kit at Lowe’s was $50.(This was two years ago)
When bundled as a kit, it included the tap, line, single solenoid(not the double for in door water), and ice maker. Just throw all the extras away.
The ice maker in the kit was the same as was in my sidebyside.
You can replace everything without diagnosing anything for under $100.
I’ve replaced the valve twice and the ice maker once on a 2007 that’s now in the garage.
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Yeah, that solenoid gives trouble and they are cheap enough($30) on amazon.
If it’s the ice maker itself, and I just happened upon this, Lowes has 2-3 different kits for adding an ice maker to nonfactory installed ice maker refrigerator.
Like for the classic freezer on top, fridge on bottom style.
Most brands have the same ice maker across different models.
If I looked up one for my specific model, it was $150-200 and I would have to wait for it to be shipped. The generic Frigidaire kit at Lowe’s was $50.(This was two years ago)
When bundled as a kit, it included the tap, line, single solenoid(not the double for in door water), and ice maker. Just throw all the extras away.
The ice maker in the kit was the same as was in my sidebyside.
You can replace everything without diagnosing anything for under $100.
I’ve replaced the valve twice and the ice maker once on a 2007 that’s now in the garage.
I got this one. It was $41,500. Why get a cheap fridge, Dave?
I said I have the old Frigidaire in the garage. It just so happens that I have the stepup of the model you posted in my kitchen.
Edit. Man Gassy, that is one ugly machine.
Edit. Man Gassy, that is one ugly machine.
We had perfectly good appliances but of course the wife had to upgrade to stainless steel everything with one of those French door opening refrigerators and the freezer as a drawer at the bottom.
Worst thing ever. I would give anything to have my old side-by-side back. Sure, the French door crap and irritating drawer that you have to bend over and dig every time you want something out of the freezer may look great, but it sucks from a practical standpoint. Plus, with the French door top, you have to open both doors and let all the cold air out if you want to open the drawers inside. I will never ever buy this type again and I cannot wait to go back to a side-by-side which is the far superior design.
Also got one of those stoves with the double ovens and that's pretty good, but the burners on top don't heat evenly. Again, my old stove was far superior functionally.
Microwave and dishwasher were much better upgrades so happy with those over the old ones.
As far as the OP's issue with his fridge, I recommend not being poor. That should fix it.
Worst thing ever. I would give anything to have my old side-by-side back. Sure, the French door crap and irritating drawer that you have to bend over and dig every time you want something out of the freezer may look great, but it sucks from a practical standpoint. Plus, with the French door top, you have to open both doors and let all the cold air out if you want to open the drawers inside. I will never ever buy this type again and I cannot wait to go back to a side-by-side which is the far superior design.
Also got one of those stoves with the double ovens and that's pretty good, but the burners on top don't heat evenly. Again, my old stove was far superior functionally.
Microwave and dishwasher were much better upgrades so happy with those over the old ones.
As far as the OP's issue with his fridge, I recommend not being poor. That should fix it.
Had a landlord suggest this in a rental. It was the same guy who took 17 days to fix my oven and a week to fix the AC in August.
I obliged his request.
When I moved out, I left the freezer completely filled with ice from said trays in a mountainous pile. Took me a few days to do it. The level of petty was worth ith.
17 Days and a week to respond to those requests? Or did the work just take a while? Big difference. As for a fridge, I too, wouldn't prioritize an ice maker. Now, if you live in a more luxury style complex, and are a good tenant.. sure.
But to try and do some sort of sabotage because the AC took a week to fix.. sounds like the landlord made the right call to not waste much money/time. Sorry Mega.. been on the other side of this battle too many times.
I'll bet vegan ice cream tastes like ***.
I take out ice makers and garbage disposals in all my rental units. But before I did, almost every time was the water supply getting frozen up in a spot.
I believe my repairman would unplug the fridge and use a hair dryer.
I believe my repairman would unplug the fridge and use a hair dryer.
She should sue her plastic surgeon for malpractice.
I am tired of appliances seemingly built to break. Having a few apartment units, I just want **** that works. Even for my own house, I'll trade almost any recent bell and whistle if it means a fridge or dryer that just works for the next 15 years.
This dude was a known slum lord in a college town. I was young and way overpaying for a ********. Always paid on time. Didn’t party over there. No significant damage caused by me.
He didn’t respond to the maintenance request for the oven for a week and took 10 more days to fix it. The bottom coil went out, rendering the oven part useless.
He took 2 days to respond to the AC request and 5 more to fix it. It needed a capacitor, which seems to be a quick fix. This was the only rental I ever lived in that didn’t fix a problem with heat/cooling within 48 hours of notice, usually same day. I never lived in luxury units and once lived in a complex that was in the process of phasing out its Section 8 tenats. Still not as bad as this dude.
I just did the ice thing because the guy was a dick about it. I didn’t see the harm in asking if the ice maker could be repaired. As a tenant, I would’ve understood if he said it was an old fridge and he didn’t want to pay to fix it and was nice about it. Instead I got a smartass response about buying trays.
I understand landlords deal with bad tenants and are doing what they’re doing to make money, but all landlords are not good. Most of mine were. Just not this guy.
That will be $185